[Boston.pm] thoughts on git presentation

2009-04-14 Thread Bill Bogstad
First of all, I really appreciated Steve's presentation on git yesterday. It encouraged me to finally play around with git. In the process, I've come to a different conclusion on usage of the .gitignore file then was stated during the meeting. It was suggested that you should put .gitignore in y

Re: [Boston.pm] Bibliography for Re: Git tutorial

2009-04-14 Thread Bill Ricker
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Bill Ricker wrote: > > I was thinking the same. > > There is one really good online 'book' and a good supplement, and a > well reviewed pay-pdf, > > and a real book or too, plus some hourlong youtubes of folks you know > somewhere you know, and other stuff. > >

Re: [Boston.pm] Tonight, after the meeting

2009-04-14 Thread Steve Scaffidi
Sweet! Thank you for the invitation! On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Mitchell N Charity wrote: > Boston.rb is *also* doing a git talk tonight, :) , > http://bostonrb.org/events/69 , over at the Athenaeum, and is currently > planning to then go to CBC (usually 9-12ish, at a big table in the back)

[Boston.pm] Tonight, after the meeting

2009-04-14 Thread Mitchell N Charity
Boston.rb is *also* doing a git talk tonight, :) , http://bostonrb.org/events/69 , over at the Athenaeum, and is currently planning to then go to CBC (usually 9-12ish, at a big table in the back). Friendly crowd, feel free to stop by and talk git. :) I'll be at Cambridge Semantic Net instead,

Re: [Boston.pm] Meta-user group meeting! May 2nd summit about how to coordinate a user group

2009-04-14 Thread Randy Cole
The best thing is what you are doing, shining a light on misbehavior. Ben Tilly wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Uri Guttman wrote: > >>> "RW" == Ricker, William writes: >>> >> RW> We got this thru the Leaders' lists. That's a busy weekend. Maybe Uri, >> RW>

Re: [Boston.pm] Meta-user group meeting! May 2nd summit about how to coordinate a user group

2009-04-14 Thread Uri Guttman
> "BT" == Ben Tilly writes: BT> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Uri Guttman wrote: >> i would prefer to draw a gallon of blood! not much chance i would step >> foot on any property with redmond's curse on it. i still harbor a >> personal grudge from them intentionally lying to ou

Re: [Boston.pm] Meta-user group meeting! May 2nd summit about how to coordinate a user group

2009-04-14 Thread Ronald J Kimball
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 02:09:42PM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: > > "JR" == John Redford writes: > > >> From: Andy Oram > >> To: Uri Guttman > >> Cc: Boston PM; William Ricker > >> Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Meta-user group meeting! May 2nd summit about > >> how to coordinate a user grou

Re: [Boston.pm] Meta-user group meeting! May 2nd summit about how to coordinate a user group

2009-04-14 Thread Ben Tilly
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Uri Guttman wrote: >> "RW" == Ricker, William writes: > > RW> We got this thru the Leaders' lists. That's a busy weekend. Maybe Uri, > RW> Ron and I will draw straws ... > > i would prefer to draw a gallon of blood! not much chance i would step > foot on an

Re: [Boston.pm] Meta-user group meeting! May 2nd summit about how to coordinate a user group

2009-04-14 Thread Uri Guttman
> "JR" == John Redford writes: >> From: Andy Oram >> To: Uri Guttman >> Cc: Boston PM; William Ricker >> Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Meta-user group meeting! May 2nd summit about >> how to coordinate a user group >> >> I have no doubt there are plenty of bad stories to share, from

Re: [Boston.pm] Meta-user group meeting! May 2nd summit about how to coordinate a user group

2009-04-14 Thread Andy Oram
I have no doubt there are plenty of bad stories to share, from DRDOS through the EU anti-trust suit and the OOXML pseudo-standardization. I don't blame you, but the conference will still be good. --- i would prefer to draw a gallon of blood! not much chance i would step foot on any property wit

Re: [Boston.pm] Meta-user group meeting! May 2nd summit about how to coordinate a user group

2009-04-14 Thread Uri Guttman
> "RW" == Ricker, William writes: RW> We got this thru the Leaders' lists. That's a busy weekend. Maybe Uri, RW> Ron and I will draw straws ... i would prefer to draw a gallon of blood! not much chance i would step foot on any property with redmond's curse on it. i still harbor a persona

Re: [Boston.pm] Meta-user group meeting! May 2nd summit about how to coordinate a user group

2009-04-14 Thread Ricker, William
We got this thru the Leaders' lists. That's a busy weekend. Maybe Uri, Ron and I will draw straws ... ___ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm

[Boston.pm] Meta-user group meeting! May 2nd summit about how to coordinate a user group

2009-04-14 Thread Andy Oram
O'Reilly and Microsoft are co-sponsoring an all-day event in Cambridge on Saturday, May 2 where user group leaders can discuss how they make their groups work. We all fall into ruts and fail to notice the possibilities presented by new ways people interact, new reasons for joining, etc. I think O'

[Boston.pm] Git version control primer and workshop, Boston.pm Tuesday 14th --O'Reilly book

2009-04-14 Thread Andy Oram
Bill Ricker contacted me to suggest that I let you know that O'Reilly is about to release a book on Git. For your viewing pleasure, here is a draft that has gone through a copy-edit but needs to be proofed by the author (so there may be small errors still): ftp://ftp.oreilly.com/outgoing/Vers

Re: [Boston.pm] Perl 6 development

2009-04-14 Thread Bill Ricker
> Mitchell N Charity wrote: >> My thanks for the thoughtful reply. >> Doubly so since complete silence would have been quite a bummer. «I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short» «Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue parceque je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la fa

Re: [Boston.pm] Perl 6 development

2009-04-14 Thread Tom Metro
Mitchell N Charity wrote: My thanks for the thoughtful reply. Doubly so since complete silence would have been quite a bummer. You're welcome, and I've been surprised at the silence. If nothing else, I though I included enough questionable statements in my last posting to spur some discussion